Railway and car



(No Model.)

L. AUGSPATH.-

RAILWAY AND GAR.

Patented Aug. 28,1888.

ATTORNEYS N. PETERS, Phum-Limngmpher, wzshingwn, D. C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS AUGSPATI-I, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

RAILWAY AND CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,947, dated August2B, 1883.

Application filed October 9, 1882. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be itknown that I, Louis AUcsrATI-I, a citizen 'of the United States,and a resident of Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski and State ofArkansas, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Railways andCars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and igurcsof reference marked thereon.

' Figure l of the drawings is a side View, partly in section. Fig. 2 isa top view of the track. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the trackand end view of the car.

The object of the invention is to provide a railroad and car whichwillbe comparatively noiseless when in operation; and the inventionconsists in the devices hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in theclaims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a designates the main rails ofthe track, and b a middle rail parallel thereto. Each of the main railsconsists of two parallel bars, c and d, the inner bar, c, being of lessheight than the outer bar, d. The inner bar, c, is provided with notchedseats e for the inner journals of the vertical rollers g, which arearranged in horizontal series between the rails c and d. The diameterof' these rollers is small, and while their upper or bearing edges aredesigned to be higher than the top of the inner rail, c, said edges arelower than the top of the rail d, so that the latter rail serves as aguard. The rail d is provided with a series of perforated journal-seats,e', in which the outer journals of the track-rollers g revolve.

A represents the car,which is supported by runners B,which are usuallysecured to truckframes, which are pivoted to allow the car to passreadily on curves ofthe track. The runners are designed to bear on'thetrack-rollers g.

C C indicate two laterally-arranged hangers or downwardly -projectingbearings, which carry horizontal rollers D, which are in close relationto the middle guard-rail, b, and are designed to engage the same whenthe car is running on curves of the track. These horizontalguide-rollers prevent the runners from engaging the outer rails of thetrack.

running on the outer rails, d, or they may be operated by chainsextending from stationary engines.

Supporting-pedals pivoted in laterally-adjustable bars attached to thebottom of alocomotive have been arranged to slide in lubricatedchanneled rails, so as toobviate binding therein, and this constructionis not of my in- Vention.

rIhese arms are arranged in A longitudinal guard-rail located iiXedly fbetween the two rails of the track, and with which the guide-wheels ou alocomotive engage, has also been used prior to my invention, and is notbroadly claimed herein.

Having described this invention, what I Yclaim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

isd

l. A railroad-track having the double rails c d, of unequal height, andthe horizontal series of track-rollers g between them, substantially asspecified.

2. A railroad-track consisting of the double rails c d, of unequalheight, the pivoted trackrollers g between the same, and the middleguide-rail, b, substantially as specified.

The combination, with the track-rails -c and d and the middleguard-rail, b, of the carrunners B, the track-rollers g, the horizontalguide-rollers D, and the brakes, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subcribed my name inthe presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS AUGSPATH.

Vitnesses:

BEALL HEMrsTEAD, J. A. DIBRELL, Jr.

